Q&A - The Big Day
Creating their own trajectory and tearing up the rulebooks come The Big Day. Pushing the parameters of their sound and vision, The Big Day are gradually becoming one of the most identifiable and iconic acts in the country. The ambitious and unafraid Scottish four piece have released only three singles to date but are fast becoming the name on the tip of everyone's tongues. Creating spirited indie-pop bangers taking influence from the likes of The Killers, U2 and The 1975, The Big Day are emphasising quality over quantity. Get to know now before they blow up.
Bold singles ‘Fashion Statement’ and ‘Bad Things’ have both made statements gaining great support from the likes of BBC Introducing Scotland and BBC Radio 1 . The band secured debut single as Jack Saunders Next Wave and were then selected as a finalist for the finalist for the BBC Introducing Scottish Act of the Year.
Having built a buzzing following since their inception last year, the band have recently played great
support slots with POND, Lime Cordiale, Brooke Coombe and Baby Strange. They were selected to
close Tenement trail this year with over 250 people qued round the corner an hour before their set
resulting with 1 in 1 out.
“with queues winding round the block, it proved to be one of the mostAnd with queues winding round the block, it proved to be one of the mosthighly-sought after shows of the day. A band destined for big things”highly-sought after shows of the day. A band destined for big things” - Tenement TV.
The band already have just performed at TRNSMT and will be heading on tour with Fatherson shortly after.
- Longlisted for Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition.
- Debut headlines in Edinburgh (Sneaky Pete’s) & Glasgow (King Tut’s), both sold out.
- Self produced music in collab with Chris Marshall (Gerry Cinnamon, Baby Strange, Callum Beattie).
This week we got chatting with The Big Day after the release of the brand new single ‘Born Killer’ out 14.07.23. Read & listen below
How would you describe your sound to someone that has not yet heard of The Big Day?
We like to think we don’t really sound like anyone else. Our main thing is to try and be as original as we can, as everything else has already been done before! There’s certainly elements of 80s pop in there and some of The Killers and David Bowie. All Killer, no filler!
As a band, you seem to have had a super busy 2 weeks!! New single, playing a hometown King Tuts show followed by playing TRNSMT. Tell us everything!!
The last two weeks have been incredible. We released our favourite single so far ‘Born Killer’ and the reaction has been amazing. We also pulled a ridiculously big crowd to our set at TRNSMT last week. It was magical! Although I think we’ll need a bigger stage for next time.
You pulled out all of the stops creatively with the latest single Born Killer. We would love to know more about the single and the visuals that came with it.
The song is a fictional story about a man flicking between two personalities- one of which is a murderous psychopath. I’d been watching a lot of crime/thriller films and just felt the urge to write a song in that vein.
With the visuals, I’ve always wanted to reenact the car boot scene at the start of the movie Goodfellas. There’s something so eerie and menacing about seeing a bunch of people upto no good, standing in black suits with red lights! It matched up perfectly with the energy of the song.
Who are your dream people to collaborate with and tour with?
I’d personally love to write with Alex Turner one day, as the way his mind works with lyrics and concepts just blows me away every time. We’d also love to make a record with someone like Mark Ronson. It’d be a great match!
What is coming next?
We’re away out on our first big UK Tour with Fatherson in September which we can’t wait for. As well as recording an EP and some more shows toward the end of the year.. so keep an eye out.